Redwood manufacturer wraps it up

ITECOGNIZING the importance

JIto dealers of prompt shipments of lumber with the least amount of damage possible, The Pacific Lumber Co., a ll5 year old redwood manufacturer located in Scotia, Ca., has established this type of service as their goal.

It seems to be working with their sales for 1983 showing substantial increases over l98l and 1982. Weekly production at Palco is estimated at 3 million board feet per week with current inventory of 9 million feet of dry redwood uppers and 50 million feet behind that on sticks, enough to guarantee ready delivery of any order.

To insure that this material reaches the dealer and the consumer in pristine condition, the company takes special precautions to protect its redwood against handling and shipping damage.

All kiln dried uppers are compiled into pretallied units containing about 1,750 board feet in measure. A special lumber press squares the sides and ends of the units and applies a card- board cover for protection. Eighteen to 20 of these units are then loaded on a truck allowing for highly mixed loads of redwood and Douglas fir uppers with redwood commons.

One truck can be loaded in about 20 minutes, giving Palco the capability to load over 20 trucks per day. "We like our unit system because we don't want to see our customers' lumber damaged during shipment. Truckers like it because they can get in and out of Scotia in a hurry," says Tom Malarkey, executive

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vice president. All orders are pre-assembled before the truck arrives.

The lumber units are often strapped together into "multi-units." Each multi-unit consists of four or five individual units and is assembled with 2x4s between the steel bands and the lumber for additional protection. Palco is able to load shipments more quickly with this procedure, using large forklifts. The multi-units make a more stable load and can be cut apart for unloading with small forklifts.

Because Palco conditions each kiln charge an extra 24 hours to remove all the stresses in the lumber, the company is meticulous with the handling and packaging of its products. It maintains covered storage and loading areas to keep the lumber dry. Special attention is given to all of their lumber which includes 1 ", l-l/4", 2" and 4x4 redwood and l" and2" ftr,

As one Palco employee states, "We like to eliminate problems before they happen and increase our shipping efficiency by keeping our lumber all

Ernst Home Centers, Seattle, Wa., is eliminating housewares and sporting goods in a remerchandising of its 69 stores. .Brg Creek Lumber, Paso Robles, Ca., is moving to a new location with grand opening scheduled for April. . .Wickes Lumber held its fourth annual Antelope Valley Home Builders Show in Lancaster. Ca....

National Lumber & Supply, Inc., which just opened a Culver City, Ca., store, has broken ground for new stores in Covina and Ontario, Ca., as well as acquiring sites in San Bernardino and Encinitas, Ca. .Garden Grove Lumber & Cement, Garden Grove, Ca., is now officially a Ganahl Lumber Co. operation. .

Builders Emporium will open a remodeled Wickes Lumber in Tustin, Ca., and a refixtured former Sunset Building Supply Home Center in a Los Angeles shopping center this month with a third unit, an expanded former Holiday Hardware store, opening in Inglewood, Ca. in April. .Grossman's will open a Long Beach, Ca., store on six acres with 100 employees this month with several other new units in the planning.

James Lumber Co. is closing its Napa, Ca., distribution yard; not affected are their Huntington Beach, Ca., Hq., the Las Vegas, Nv., yard and Jomes Truss Co., Las Vegas. .Paramino Lumber Co. has moved from Oakland to Carmel,Ca....

Peterman Lumber Co. Fontana, Ca., has expanded its Las Vegas, Nv., sales and distribution office, moving to a new 10,000 sq. ft. location at 2950 S. Highland Dr.. , .Johnson Forest Products has relocated its sales office to 1255 Post St., Suite 625, San Francisco, Ca.. .

HomeClub will open store No. 3, a 100,000 sq. ft. warehouse-type in the City of Industry, Ca., this spring, Dick Carter, mgr.; firm is negotiating for two additional sites

Warren and Judy Leslie are the new owners of Builders Lumber, Chelan, Wa.. .Fisher Lumber Co., Santa Monica, Ca., lost a shed roof in a recent wind storm . . .Nelson Lumber and Hordware, Enumclaw, Wa., has been acquired by Don Patterson, who has changed the name to Enumclaw Lumber & Hardware. .

Buckeye Pacffic, Portland, Or. has est. Buckeye Midwest, a new Chicago, Il., div. . Copeland Lumber has opened a new store in Seaside, Ca., Rod Claar, mgr. the former CarmelBuilders Supply property, Carmel, Ca., has been purchased by developers for condos . . . Gsbe's Plumbing & Building Supply, Williams, Az., recently had its grand opening

Mount Angel Plywood is a new siding and plywood plant in the Or. town of the same name; sales mgr. is Drew Honzel Plywood and Lumber Soles, Inc. (pals for short) is a new Oakland, Ca., wholesale firm founded by former White Brothers, Inc. staffers Jeff Hunt and Pat Kozisek EugeneWillamette Lumber Co., Eugene, Or., has closed its Sacramento, Ca., sales office . .

Wjckes is closing its Continental Moulding Co. subsidiary in Orange, Ca.o a possible move of operation to Dinuba, Ca., is under consideration . . ,

Idaho TImber Corp., Boise, Id., has formed a new manufacturing and sales co. with a plant in Weiser, Id., and sales offices in Boise . . .Evow Products Co., Portland, Or., is preparing to move

The Merchant Magazine corporate Hq. to Miami, Fl., (see story, page Vl of this issue). Southdowns Inc.'s Southwestern Portland Cement Co. is buying Mortin Marietta Corp.'s Lyons, Co., cement plant for $45 million. .

Owens-Corning Fiberglas is converting its Compton, Ca., roofing plant to make metric-sized shingles. . .Chemkrete Technologies, Inc., is moving to Belmont, Ca., from Cleveland, Oh. .Sir James M. Goldsmith, the British financier, has acquired about 890 of S/. Regis Corp.'s common stock, a takeover is not expected...

McForland Cascade is moving its corporate Hq. to Tacoma, Wa., from Sandpoint, Id., with an April move-in (see story, page 45 of this issue). . .GardenAmerica Corp., Oakland, Ca., has acquired the Mountain States Chemical Co., Albuquerque, N.M., and El Paso, Tx., merging it with its Porter-Wolton Co. div. based in Salt Lake City, Ut. .

Palmer G. Lewis Co., Inc., Auburn, Wa., is acquiring the outstanding shares of Seattle Pacific Sales Co., Seattle, Wa., with no terms disclosed. . .PGl's Marysville Semice Center, Everett, Wa., has relocated just north of Marysville, Wa. . . . Relocation of the Eugene, Or., branch further South is pending. . .Wenatchee, Wa., is now a truck terminal operating with a new mobile home office. .

Wickes Cos. and nearly all its creditors have agreed in principle on a reorganization plan that would pay off its debts and bring it out of Chapter 1l proceedings under bankruptcy law (see page 5l for details).

Housing starts in Jan. $atest data) hit their highest level since '78, up l59o to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,915,000; it was also the highest rate for a Jan. since '73 . . . fair weather in the West resulted in a 46.3s/o hike in starls . , . bldg. permits for future construction rose 14.490 . . . Jan. construction contracts rebounded l29o from a weak Dec.

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